Peter Opsvik

Peter Opsvik was a Norwegian designer, jazz musician and saxophonist (1939–2024). He was born at Stranda Municipality.

Peter Opsvik in brief

Born
1939
Died
2024
Known for
designer, jazz musician and saxophonist
Place of birth
Stranda Municipality
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Recognition and collections

Peter Opsvik received Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize and Jacob Prize. Work by Peter Opsvik is held by Design Museum Gent, Museum of Modern Art and Vitra Design Museum.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Opsvik, Peter (1939–), The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design, 2016. Peter Opsvik. <i>Rethinking Sitting</i>. New York: W. W. Norton, 2009. 208 pp.; numerous color and black-and-white illustrations, credits. $39.95., Winterthur Portfolio, 2012. Casser les normes : ne plus s’asseoir sagement et sans bouger, Perspective, 2019.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is Norwegian.

Works named in the authority record are HÅG Capisco, Tripp Trapp and Balans Chair.

Work by Peter Opsvik is recorded in the collections of Design Museum Gent, Museum of Modern Art and Vitra Design Museum.

Distinctions recorded are Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize and Jacob Prize.

Chronology

  1. 1939Peter Opsvik born at Stranda Municipality.
  2. 2024Peter Opsvik died.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Open Library author record for Peter Opsvik (Internet Archive), 5 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  2. 2.

    Opsvik, Peter (1939–), The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design, 2016

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Peter Opsvik. <i>Rethinking Sitting</i>. New York: W. W. Norton, 2009. 208 pp.; numerous color and black-and-white illustrations, credits. $39.95., Winterthur Portfolio, 2012

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  4. 4.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Peter Opsvik.

    open access index · Unverified

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  5. 5.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q7176228: Peter Opsvik

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  6. 6.

    “Peter Opsvik”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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